Turn on Your Heart Light and Meet NASA’s “Superhero” Robot
Here's a new DARPA-inspired, NASA-built robot, complete with a glowing NASA Meatball in its chest, reminiscent of ET's heart light.…
Win the Perfect Holiday Gift: The Year in Space Calendar
What's the perfect holiday gift for any space fan? It's the 2014 version of Steve Cariddi’s wonderful Year in Space…
Where Should We Look for Life in the Solar System?
Emily Lakdawalla is the senior editor and planetary evangelist for the Planetary Society. She's also one of the most knowledgeable…
Foom! Morpheus Project Lander Roars In Free Flight Test
What an otherworldly experience, without having to leave Earth! The Morpheus Project wrapped up a successful free-flight test yesterday. That…
Is There Martian Salty Water At The Red Planet’s Equator? These Lines May Be The Smoking Gun
Get ready, because here are some more findings about possible water on Mars. This picture above from the Mars Reconnaissance…
Melting Glaciers May Push The West Antarctic’s Ice Loss Ever Higher
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is losing the equivalent of a Lake Tahoe in ice every single year, according to…
Mars One Proposes First Privately Funded Robotic Mars Missions – 2018 Lander & Orbiter
The Mars One non-profit foundation that aims to establish a permanent human settlement on the Red Planet in the mid-2020’s…
Space Shuttle-Sized Asteroid 2013 XY8 to Fly Past Earth on Dec. 11
A newly-discovered asteroid about the size of a space shuttle will fly past Earth on December 11, 2013 at a…
Stunning Movie Shows What Earth Looks Like to an Incoming Spacecraft
When NASA's Juno spacecraft flew past Earth in October of this year, it focused some of its cameras on the…
Young Boy’s Discovery Confirmed as a Peculiar Supernova Explosion
New observations confirm that young Nathan Gray's discovery is indeed a supernova explosion, albeit a rather peculiar one. Nathan Gray,…